Pon La Mesa is a physically-interactive, bilingual art installation at Land Heritage Institute by San Antonio artist Jose Chapa addressing contemporary proclivities toward diabetes and obesity by investigating nutrition and wellness issues.

Pon la Mesa (Spanish for “set the table”) consists of a table and seats surrounded by a set of wall units wrapped/upholstered entirely with a technique called repujado in Spanish or repousse in French: interior copper sheets create a warm internal space that contrast with external aluminum sheets which create a colder exterior surface; all are embossed with content-related text and symbols (from The Noun Project—an online effort that is “building a global visual language that everyone can understand” https://www.facebook.com/thenounproject/info). Some symbols and text are autobiographical, some calls-to-action, some storytelling, all fragmented as developed by social sculptor Chapa who creates structures in society using action, language, objects and thought.